But why would I need to provide my ID when buying a loaf of bread now? Just because cigarettes and drugs are regulated does not mean we should regulated bread “to protect the children”.
This is what a “digital ID” would do, you would need to provide your ID at every interaction you do online. That would include every single website you enter (including Lemmy for example), and every page you visit in those sites.
If you think of this “physically” the equivalent would be the need for you to provide your ID when you enter a store, when you enter any store aisle, when you pull any product off the shelf, and then provide your ID once again when you purchase at the register. Not to mention now when you leave the store you would need to provide your ID getting back to your car/bus/tram so you can head to your next destination.
The biggest difference here now between providing your physical ID at a store counter to purchase cigarettes, vs being ID physical at every corner/street/store is the invasion of privacy and freedoms, not to mention this can be used against you in many ways.
Not every online interaction. Access to the iOS App Store is like access to a drug emporium or a brothel, so anyone under 21 should be denied entry. Alternatively just make smart phones illegal for anyone under 21. Also works. Parents who give their kids smart phones go to prison.
That should reverse the current IQ decline. Video games should be illegal under 21. Basically under 21 you get educational websites and libraries.
If you can think of another way to prevent the inexorable extinction of the human species currently on the horizon let me know.
But why would I need to provide my ID when buying a loaf of bread now? Just because cigarettes and drugs are regulated does not mean we should regulated bread “to protect the children”.
This is what a “digital ID” would do, you would need to provide your ID at every interaction you do online. That would include every single website you enter (including Lemmy for example), and every page you visit in those sites.
If you think of this “physically” the equivalent would be the need for you to provide your ID when you enter a store, when you enter any store aisle, when you pull any product off the shelf, and then provide your ID once again when you purchase at the register. Not to mention now when you leave the store you would need to provide your ID getting back to your car/bus/tram so you can head to your next destination.
The biggest difference here now between providing your physical ID at a store counter to purchase cigarettes, vs being ID physical at every corner/street/store is the invasion of privacy and freedoms, not to mention this can be used against you in many ways.
Not every online interaction. Access to the iOS App Store is like access to a drug emporium or a brothel, so anyone under 21 should be denied entry. Alternatively just make smart phones illegal for anyone under 21. Also works. Parents who give their kids smart phones go to prison.
That should reverse the current IQ decline. Video games should be illegal under 21. Basically under 21 you get educational websites and libraries.
If you can think of another way to prevent the inexorable extinction of the human species currently on the horizon let me know.